Matthew Gertz
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Matthew Gertz
@mattgertz.bsky.social
· Dec 3
Can we still pretend you're Matt Gaetz when he does something terrible though?
I gotta give the people what they want.
Reposted by Matthew Gertz
"Benny Johnson stands out, even among this collection of cranks, grifters, propagandists, and sycophants. He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Benny Johnson stands out, even among this collection of cranks, grifters, propagandists, and sycophants. He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."
Reposted by Matthew Gertz
If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
What are J.D. Vance and Sean Hannity so afraid of?
The GOP firestorm over Nick Fuentes went unmentioned during Thursday’s interview www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
The GOP firestorm over Nick Fuentes went unmentioned during Thursday’s interview www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
What are J.D. Vance and Sean Hannity so afraid of?
www.mediamatters.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What are J.D. Vance and Sean Hannity so afraid of?
The GOP firestorm over Nick Fuentes went unmentioned during Thursday’s interview www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
The GOP firestorm over Nick Fuentes went unmentioned during Thursday’s interview www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
The next phase of the Fuentes-Carlson saga targets Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls...
www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls...
The next phase of the Fuentes-Carlson saga targets Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
www.mediamatters.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The next phase of the Fuentes-Carlson saga targets Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls...
www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carls...
My latest for @msnbc.com details how Fox News has totally ignored the massive right-wing firestorm about Tucker Carlson hosting Nick Fuentes that has commentators and politicians taking sides and Heritage in meltdown. Literally no one has directly mentioned it on-air. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Tucker Carlson is getting slammed by conservatives — but not on Fox News
Carlson allowed the Holocaust-denying white supremacist streamer, who has said “Hitler is awesome,” to sand down his vile rhetoric for Carlson’s huge audience.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My latest for @msnbc.com details how Fox News has totally ignored the massive right-wing firestorm about Tucker Carlson hosting Nick Fuentes that has commentators and politicians taking sides and Heritage in meltdown. Literally no one has directly mentioned it on-air. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Thank you Speaker Pelosi.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thank you Speaker Pelosi.
Some things Sean Hannity and his guests said over the last two weeks about the NJ gubernatorial: "very competitive," "that race is closing very fast," it's “tighter than ever," "New Jersey could be a shocker tomorrow."
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Some things Sean Hannity and his guests said over the last two weeks about the NJ gubernatorial: "very competitive," "that race is closing very fast," it's “tighter than ever," "New Jersey could be a shocker tomorrow."
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
The Democrat, Mikie Sherrill, won by 12. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sea...
Not a compliment to be praised by a president who regularly calls for the destruction of your competitors.
www.mediamatters.org/cbs/trump-ce...
www.mediamatters.org/cbs/trump-ce...
Trump celebrates CBS News’ new leadership as “the greatest thing that’s happened in a long time to a free and open and good press”
www.mediamatters.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not a compliment to be praised by a president who regularly calls for the destruction of your competitors.
www.mediamatters.org/cbs/trump-ce...
www.mediamatters.org/cbs/trump-ce...
Tucker Carlson is who we said he was.
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Of course Tucker Carlson is promoting Nick Fuentes
www.mediamatters.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Tucker Carlson is who we said he was.
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
The Pentagon goes dark. www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth...
Pete Hegseth is replacing the Pentagon press corps with MAGA propagandists
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is stifling the Pentagon’s channels for public information and cutting off avenues for accountability as U.S. forces deploy on missions of dubious legality that are frau...
www.mediamatters.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Pentagon goes dark. www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth...
Fox News' Bret Baier — who is reportedly under consideration to take over CBS Evening News — spent part of Thursday afternoon praising CBS News’ rightward shift and panning mainstream reporters for purportedly demonstrating “Trump derangement syndrome."
www.mediamatters.org/bret-baier/b...
www.mediamatters.org/bret-baier/b...
Bret Baier touts CBS News’ move toward “more balance” and “coverage that’s fair”
www.mediamatters.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fox News' Bret Baier — who is reportedly under consideration to take over CBS Evening News — spent part of Thursday afternoon praising CBS News’ rightward shift and panning mainstream reporters for purportedly demonstrating “Trump derangement syndrome."
www.mediamatters.org/bret-baier/b...
www.mediamatters.org/bret-baier/b...
Fox viewers were told “there is no violence from the right” hours after the arraignment of a Jan 6 rioter for allegedly threatening to kill a top Democrat. Fox all but ignored that story. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Fox viewers were told “there is no violence from the right” hours after arraignment of Jan 6 rioter for allegedly threatening to kill top Democrat
www.mediamatters.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fox viewers were told “there is no violence from the right” hours after the arraignment of a Jan 6 rioter for allegedly threatening to kill a top Democrat. Fox all but ignored that story. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Laura Ingraham regularly claimed the business dealings of Hunter Biden in the years prior to his father’s presidential election implicated Joe Biden in rampant corruption.
Now she's gone into business with Don Jr. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
Now she's gone into business with Don Jr. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Laura Ingraham regularly claimed the business dealings of Hunter Biden in the years prior to his father’s presidential election implicated Joe Biden in rampant corruption.
Now she's gone into business with Don Jr. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
Now she's gone into business with Don Jr. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
1. Republicans/right-wing media spent weeks blaming discrete acts of political violence on incitement by overheated Democratic rhetoric.
2. They are currently arguing that nationwide protests planned for tomorrow are "Hate America" rallies by antifa/pro-Hamas/communist agents.
2. They are currently arguing that nationwide protests planned for tomorrow are "Hate America" rallies by antifa/pro-Hamas/communist agents.
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
1. Republicans/right-wing media spent weeks blaming discrete acts of political violence on incitement by overheated Democratic rhetoric.
2. They are currently arguing that nationwide protests planned for tomorrow are "Hate America" rallies by antifa/pro-Hamas/communist agents.
2. They are currently arguing that nationwide protests planned for tomorrow are "Hate America" rallies by antifa/pro-Hamas/communist agents.
Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...
Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid.
Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...
Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...
Eric Trump attacks Jack Smith for “planting” evidence during Mar-a-Lago search that predated Smith’s service as special counsel
www.mediamatters.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid.
Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...
Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...
President Donald Trump, Republican officials, and their right-wing media allies have laid the groundwork for a broadbased attack on core progressive and Democratic Party institutions in response to Saturday’s planned nationwide “No Kings” protests. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
The Trump administration is positioning the upcoming No Kings protests as an excuse for crushing dissent
www.mediamatters.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
President Donald Trump, Republican officials, and their right-wing media allies have laid the groundwork for a broadbased attack on core progressive and Democratic Party institutions in response to Saturday’s planned nationwide “No Kings” protests. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
Trump, an authoritarian to his core, repeatedly sought the investigation, prosecution, and imprisonment of his political foes throughout his first four years in the White House.
www.mediamatters.org/washington-p...
www.mediamatters.org/washington-p...
Blaming the left for Trump's weaponization of law enforcement means pretending his first term didn't happen
www.mediamatters.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Trump, an authoritarian to his core, repeatedly sought the investigation, prosecution, and imprisonment of his political foes throughout his first four years in the White House.
www.mediamatters.org/washington-p...
www.mediamatters.org/washington-p...
Thinking that Trump did something wrong leading up to and on January 6 was the immediate consensus, but the right has dismantled it over the years, and the Post is now on the same side as Tucker Carlson www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/cal...
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thinking that Trump did something wrong leading up to and on January 6 was the immediate consensus, but the right has dismantled it over the years, and the Post is now on the same side as Tucker Carlson www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/cal...
In which the editorial board of the Washington Post effectively endorses President Nixon's claim that "when the president does it, that means it is not illegal."
October 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In which the editorial board of the Washington Post effectively endorses President Nixon's claim that "when the president does it, that means it is not illegal."
The MAGA right’s cynical effort to rewrite the history of January 6 reached a new but seemingly inevitable low this week. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/cal...
Calls for retaliatory prosecutions are the next phase in the right’s rewriting of January 6
www.mediamatters.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The MAGA right’s cynical effort to rewrite the history of January 6 reached a new but seemingly inevitable low this week. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/cal...
Most Americans think Jan. 6 was quite bad; unfortunately that group does not include the president, the top federal law enforcement officials, virtually all GOP politicians, and the media megaphone supporting them all.
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
Why the right-wing media apparatus is suddenly yelling about Jack Smith supposedly spying on GOP senators
www.mediamatters.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Most Americans think Jan. 6 was quite bad; unfortunately that group does not include the president, the top federal law enforcement officials, virtually all GOP politicians, and the media megaphone supporting them all.
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
Why the right-wing media apparatus is suddenly yelling about Jack Smith supposedly spying on GOP senators www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
Why the right-wing media apparatus is suddenly yelling about Jack Smith supposedly spying on GOP senators
www.mediamatters.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why the right-wing media apparatus is suddenly yelling about Jack Smith supposedly spying on GOP senators www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why...
A Trump-appointed judge just demolished right-wing fearmongering about Portland www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
October 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A Trump-appointed judge just demolished right-wing fearmongering about Portland www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...